Apparel-corset.



D. KOPS.

APPAREL CORSET.

APPLICATION TILED DEC. 12, 1911,

Patented June 18, 1912.

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APPLICATION TILED D30. 12, 1911.

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DANIEL KOIPS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

APPAREL-GORSET.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J 11119 18, 1912. Applicationfiled December 12, 1911'. Serial No. 665,305.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL Kors, a citie zen of the United States,residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented an Improvement in Apparel-Corsets, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in apparel corsets, andparticularly to the back of the corset, at the lower parts and lacingedges, with the object of stiffening the said edges to prevent the samebuckling, and providing members extending into the corset halves havinga firm bearing over and reducing function uponthe buttocks.

In carrying out my invention, the skirt-s at the back are more or lesscut away from the lower edges upward, and from the lacing fabric stripstoward the sides of the corset and one or more wide elastic fabricmembers are inserted. These elastic fabric members, along one end and atright angles to the line of tension, overlie and are sewed to the eyeletfabric parts, when placed, pass through both members. These fabricmembers, at their opposite ends, are secured to the skirts and in a seamor double part thereof and are preferably so arranged, that in theirnormal condition of disuse, the skirts and adjacent parts of the corsetbody are slightly loose or puckered, whereby when the elastic membersare under tension in use, the fabric parts may draw t-aut.-

In the drawing, Figure 1 is an elevation of the under surface of thecorset of my; invention, at the lower portion of the back and lacingedges, showing in each half a single piece of elastic webbing or fabricat the lower part. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the outer surface of thecorset, at the back and lower portion of the lacing edges, in which Ihave shown ,two strips of elasticfabric at each side with the lower edgeof the lower strip coming to the lower edge of the skirt of the corset.

In the drawings, similar letters and numerals of reference indicate thesame parts.

and the eyelets,

'end of each elastic fabric member.

' a and-b are the fabric members of the corset at the back, and a b theskirts which extend from below the boning and to the lower edge of thecorset.

a are the lacing fabric strips at the opposite edges; ol the boning; fthe laces and 6 represents the eyelets.

2 represents the finished lower edge of the skirts.

Referring particularly to Fig. l, h and 71.1 represent the elasticfabric members, the lower edges of which come substantially on a linewith the lower edges of the skirt portions a 6 Whether the device of myimprovement is provided in each half of the corset with one or with two,or more, strips of elastic fabric or elastic fabric members, the loweredge 2 of each half of the corset, is cut upward from the lower edge ofthe skirts to almost the upper edge of the uppermost elastic fabricmember at its union with the lacing fabric strips 0. These stiff fabricstrips 0 extend the entire height of the corset and skirts at the backand where they project below the lower edge of the skirts, they aresubstantially free from sewed union with the fabric body of the corsetand overlie and are sewed firmly to one end of each elastic fabricmember. The distant and opposite end of each elastic fabric The distantand opposite end of each fabric member is sewed to the skirt, preferablyin or to a seam or double part of the skirt, which preferably extendsaround the end of the elastic fabric member, so as to cover the same andis sewed down in place so as to make a neat finish. In Fig. 1, I haveshown but one strip or member of elastic fabric in each half of thecorset, for in the corset illustrated in this figure, there is not asgreat a depth of the skirt members as in the illustration Fig. 2. In allcases, however,

the elastic fabric members overlie, in part,

and co-act with, the skirts, only, of the corset, and I have shown inFig. 1 parallel lines in series 8, 4, indicating that the corset skirtsmay be loose or puckered at these places, as

this construction is essential to provide for the stretch or elongationof the elastic fabric members in use.

It will be noticed from Fig. 2 that the skirt portions of the corset arevery much longer than in Fig. 1. The parallel lines, in series, at 3,4:, are represented the same as in the form of my invention shown inFig. 1, as it is just as essential in the one form as in the other. Fig.2 over and above Fig. 1 illustrates two other elastic fabric members 2'2' which are above the elastic fabric members it 72, and double thedepth of the elastic members for the performance of a reducing function.Like the elastic fabric members h h the elastic fabric members i 2' aresimilarly fastened and secured at the respective ends to the lacingfabric strips 0 at one end and the skirts of the corset at the otherend, and while the upper edges of the elastic fabric members h if andthe lower edges of the elastic fabric members i 2' come into ajuxtaposed relation, they are not necessarily connected. However, toconnect them will not depart from the nature or spirit of my invention.It will be noticed from Fig. 2 that the upwardly extending cut-awayportions or edges 2 of the corset skirts are almost at right angles tothe length of the members it h where they cross the same,

and that these skirt edges 2, with reference to the elastic fabricmembers z' i in Fig. 2 occupy substantially the same relation as they dowith the elastic fabric members 72. 72, in Fig. 1. Therefore, theelastic fabric members it 7L in Fig. 2 are not overlaid, except at theirextreme fastening ends, with any skirt part of the corset, while in Fig.2 the elastic fabric members i 2' are in part, overlaid with the skirtportion provided with the looseness or puckers; thus the parallelelastic fabric members in Fig. 2 are entirely free to stretch orelongate under tension, and do this at places entirely below the moreflexible body portion of the corset and below the boning. Furthermore,the attachment to the elastic fabric strips 0 of the elastic fabricmembers 72, hi or 7;. ]L1 with e i serve to so stiffen the lacing fabricstrips that it is quite impossible for them to pucker in use, as isusually the casewhere said lacing fabric strips are unstifiened.

I have shown in Fig. 1 the elastic fabric members it h as composedthroughout of elastic fabric of even character, and at theright hand ofFig. 2, I have shown the same condition of elastic fabric strips h and2' but at the left hand of Fig. 2 I have shown the elastic fabricmembers it and i as if the same were formed with inelastic ends and withelastic parts between said ends. These inelastic parts being connected,or sewed to, the lacing fabric strip 0 at one end and to the skirt ofthe corset at the other end. These ends being additionally stifiened andstrengthened because made inelastic.

From the foregoing description, it will be apparent that the device ofFig. l, or the form of my invention Fig. 2, both exhibit the sametensional function, but in modified degrees. Both forms possess theelastic quality under tension and the reducing function upon thebuttocks under this tension. It is further quite apparent that thiselastic function is mobile with the movements of the body, and becausethe corset of my improvement is long from the waist to the lower edge ofthe skirt, the same conforms to the figure, and fits snugly the curvedcontour of the figure and so tends the more effectually to reduce anyover-development of thispart of the human figure. Furthermore, thepresence of most corsets is visually apparent at the back by a line ofdemarcation, because the lower edge of the corset stands out, whereaswit-h the incurved lower edge of the corset of my improvement, no suchvisual condition is apparent and outer garments hang more gracefully.

I claim as my invention: a

- 1. In an apparel corset, the combination with the fabric body halvesand the skirts, of lacing fabric members continued to the lower edge oftheskirts, and the skirts at the back removed from the lower edge upwardfrom each side of the lacing fabric members and forward toward the sidesof the corset, and elastic fabric members inserted therein,

at one end connected to the lacing fabric members and at their other oropposite ends and at right angles to the line of tension connected tothe skirts from their lower edges upward and at their upper edgesappreciably overlying the skirts.

2. In an apparel corset, the combination wvith the fabric body halvesand the skirts,

of lacing fabric members continued to the lower edges of the skirts, andthe skirts at the back removed from the lower edge upward from each sideof the lacing. fabric members and forward toward the sides of thecorset, and elastic. fabric members inserted therein, at one endconnected to the lacing fabric members and at the other or opposite endssecured to the skirts and the lower portions of the corset overlying andextending directly above the elastic fabric members formed loose so asto permit of the stretch or elongation of the elastic fabric membersappreciably before the skirts are drawn taut.

3. In an apparel corset, the combination with the fabric body halves andthe skirts, of lacing fabric members continued to the lower edge of theskirts, and the skirts at the back removed from the lower edge upwardfrom each side of the lacing fabric members and forward toward the sidesof the corset,

and elastic fabric members inserted therein, at one end connected to thelacing fabric members and at their other or opposite ends and at rightangles to the line of tension connected to the skirts from their loweredges upward and at their upper edges appreciably overlying the skirts,and said elastic fabric members, where connected to the lacing fabricmembers, also overlying and DANIEL KOPS. Witnesses GEO. T. PINOKNEY,HAROLD SERRELL.

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